minister

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈmɪn.ɪ.stər]
• 美式音标 [ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ]
• 国际音标 ['ministə]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 部长；大臣；牧师
• vi. 执行牧师职务；辅助或伺候某人

词源解说

• 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的ministre；最初源自拉丁语的minister，意为仆人，小人。

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  ministerial：部长的；内阁的；公使的；牧师的。

  ministrant：服务的；辅助的。

• n性质的同根词

  ministration：援助；服侍；职务。

  ministrant：服侍者；协助者。

• minister相关词

用法辨析

n. (名词)

• minister的基本意思是指政府各部门的首脑,即“部长,大臣”,也可指驻外使节中低于大使的“公使”,或泛指“驻外使节”。
• minister还可指基督教的“牧师”,尤指长老会和某些不信奉国教的牧师。

v. (动词)

• minister用作动词,是书面用语,意思是“辅助; 服侍”,指辅助或伺候某人,也可指为某人〔事物〕服务。
• minister主要用作不及物动词,常与介词to连用。

• minister使用方法
• minister详细辨析

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• The minister was assaulted by a barrage of abuse from the angry strikers.
  这位部长遭到愤怒的罢工者的一阵辱骂。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• He became a rector of a small parish where he ministered for several years.
  他成为一个小教区的教区长,在那里主事了几年圣事。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• accredit a minister 任命公使

形容词+～

• foreign minister 外交部长
• the Prime M - 首相
• vice minister 副部长;副局长;副总理;副外交部长

名词+～

• cabinet minister 内阁部长
• interior minister 内政部长

～+介词

• minister for … 的部长
• minister from 派出的公使

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (POLITICIAN) a member of the government in Britain and many other countries who is in charge of a particular department or has an important position in it
• (IN CHURCH) a religious leader in certain Christian churches
• (COUNTRY'S REPRESENTATIVE) a person below the rank of ambassador whose job is to represent his or her country in a foreign country

柯林斯英英字典

• A minister is a member of the clergy, especially in Protestant churches.
• A minister is a person who officially represents their government in a foreign country and has a lower rank than an ambassador.
• In some countries outside the United States, a minister is a person who is in charge of a particular government department.

• minister剑桥字典
• minister柯林斯字典

专业释义

历史学

• 外朝大臣

经济学

• 部长

  It was put on schedule by the Minister Council in Geneva, and a resolution on temporary tax exemption of electron transport was passed.
  当时的日内瓦部长理事会上将电子商务的研究提到议事日程,并通过一项电子传输行为暂时免税的决议。

  宗教学

• 耶稣会教区长的助理

交通运输工程

• 公使